SOC 340 Midterm: SOC340_Study_Guide
16 Apr 2016
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In comparison to other european counties, the united states has a higher infant mortality. Infant mortality is defined as death within the first year of birth and can be broken down further. Neo-natal occurs in the first 28 days of life and post-neonatal past 29 days. Sids (sudden infant death syndrome) is a condition that affects infants usually at ages 2-4 months. In the article, the author describes two cases. The first includes a complication in pregnancy and the physician is not present after administering a drug called cytotec that has known risk of uterine rupture. By the time the physician arrives, he decides an emergency c-section and at that point it is too late and the infant has died. Without consent, the physician also removes the damaged uterus, never allowing the couple to have children again, even though it could have been repaired had more time been taken.
